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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Puerto Vallarta Open
October 6 - 11, 2015

(20, Q3) Bennet Poniewaz/David Poniewaz, Germany

Bennet Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Cervia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$19,209.25

David Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Puerto Vallarta 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$12,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	7	1	US$21,250.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	21	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	6	7	1	US$21,250.00

Previous Puerto Vallarta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	12	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	9	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	12	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	12	25th	120	US$800.00

Puerto Vallarta Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/6/2015	Qualifier 2	Felipe Humana-Paredes / Christian Redmann, Canada (Q14)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:47
Wed, 10/7/2015	Pool D	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (13)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:56
Wed, 10/7/2015	Pool D	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (4)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:35
Thu, 10/8/2015	Pool D	Helmut Moser / Florian Schnetzer, Austria (29, Q16)	Won 21-6 Retired	0:08
Fri, 10/9/2015	Winner 1	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (9)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Fri, 10/9/2015	Winner 2	Nico Beeler / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (15)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 10/10/2015	Winner 3	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (6)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 10/10/2015	Semi-Finals	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:37
Sun, 10/11/2015	Bronze Medal	Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (10)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:06

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	$16,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	21	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	6	0	$21,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bennet Poniewaz												David Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
17	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	$9,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	0	$10,375.00
11	0	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	0	1	2	2	6	6	1	9	0	$18,975.00	Total	25	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	7	0	$12,625.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,350.00	8	9	47.1 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$800.00	1	4	20.0 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	$15,150.00	16	18	47.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	13	7	65.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bennet Poniewaz													David Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
12	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	3	$7,575.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	4	$7,575.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	14	56.0%	3	12.0%	8	32.0%	17-8	68.0%	5	17.2%	6	20.7%	18	62.1%	5-24	17.2%	14-18	43.8%	8-14	36.4%	1	1	23-33	41.1%
2015-2016	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	3	21.4%	1	7.1%	10	71.4%	3-11	21.4%	6-10	37.5%	4-6	40.0%	1	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	8-14	36.4%	8-10	44.4%	1	1	9-13	40.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	6	18	0	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
U23 World Championships	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	1	0	9	9	15	23	0	0	10	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	36	40

Head to Head Results
Poniewaz/Poniewaz lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-0
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Bourne/Hyden	6	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-2
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	21-17, 21-16	0:33
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	By Forfeit
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-17, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
10/11/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Bronze Medal	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 13 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Plavins/Regza	13	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Beeler/Strasser	15	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 0-1
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Daguerre/Salvetti	21, Q4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 22 Menendez/Tomas, Spain 0-1
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Menendez/Tomas	28	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 23, Q5 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	O'Gorman/Pedlow	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 29, Q16 Moser/Schnetzer, Austria 1-0
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Moser/Schnetzer	29, Q16	21-6 Retired	0:08
Lead the series against # 32 Galindo/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
6/12/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool E	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	5	Galindo/Revuelta	17	26-24, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # Q9 Ohana/Sendrovich, Israel 2-0
6/12/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool E	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	5	Ohana/Sendrovich	20	21-15, 21-15	0:33
12/11/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Qualifier 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q12	Ohana/Sendrovich	Q21	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q14 Humana-Paredes/Redmann, Canada 1-0
10/6/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Qualifier 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Humana-Paredes/Redmann	Q14	22-20, 21-15	0:47